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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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